The award-winning Port Talbot star - famous for his roles in Frost/Nixon, The Queen and TV show Masters of Sex - will narrate the story of the Cardiff-born writer's colour life in Concert of the Unexpected: A Celebration of Roald Dahl.

This family concert forms part of Cardiff’s City of the Unexpected festival, celebrating 100 years of Dahl, who was born in Llandaff in 1916.

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The rest of the programme outlines Dahl’s war years as a pilot (Walton’s Spitfire, Prelude and Fugue); his Norwegian roots (Grieg’s much-loved Peer Gynt Suite) and one of his most popular tales (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).

The conductor will be Michael Bell with Aled Powys Williams from Only Men Aloud as the baritone.

When is it?

It's coming to St David's Hall in Cardiff on Friday, October 21.

How do I get tickets?

They are on sale now from the box office on 029 2087 8444.

What else is going on to mark the centenary of Dahl's birth?

A whole weekend extravaganza will take place next month at venues across the city centre as Cardiff becomes the City of the Unexpected.

During the weekend of September 17 and 18, Cardiff will be transformed into a place which has only ever been dreamed in Roald Dahl's imagination.